Major merger fraction along the massive galaxy-quenching channel at 0.2 < z < 0.7

• Published in: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Vol. 76; no. 5; pp. 950 - 959
• Main Authors: Inoue, Shin, Ohta, Kouji, Asada, Yoshihisa, Sawicki, Marcin, Desprez, Guillaume, Gwyn, Stephen, Picouet, Vincent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 10.07.2024; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: statistics; galaxies: interactions

We study the major merger fraction along the massive galaxy-quenching channel (traced with rest-frame $\mathrm{NUV}-r$ color) at z = 0.2–0.7, aiming to examine the cosmic web detachment (CWD) scenario of galaxy quenching. In this scenario, the major merger fraction is expected to be high in green-va...